Sociology Class in College- Prof asked about Circumsized Males

people don't like what they don't understand

 

Uh, ok. That's cool, I guess. How did the professor turn this survey question around into a meaningful discussion?

 

I had a talk with a friend and he lied to me about being cut. He was wasted and running around with it out, wasn't the case.

 

You may never know how many of the others lied about it. I'd leave my hand down and turn this into an opportunity to educate people. Your professor could have seriously turned that little poll into a several lessons. One may be how people want to fit in with the rest of the group so they may not tell the truth. Another would be how the majority's perception of an uncut dick helps add fuel to the fire when it comes to the debate. They could have also debated why it is thought of as gross. Have to also agree with unabear09 on what he said.

 

I think the professor was out of order...

 

Yeah, either the professor was being wildly inappropriate or this never happened.

 

So you lied, so right there you negate the results of said questioning.

You claim to like being uncircumcised yet you didn't tell the class you are, nor did you defend when the class "moved on to discuss how gross uncut cocks were, etc."

Then you say you aren't "here to start another uncut vs.cut thread"

What led to the question of circumcisional status to begin with? If it was a preconceived topic of discussion by the professor, why didn't he have you all submit a slip of paper with an indication, thereby saving you (or any other) shame over their status?

I'd like to know that too, as well as the original context of the question.

Many good points here.

True, and unless there was a starting context for the questioning, he definitely needs to be reported to the school officials. Then again, as erratic points out, it may never have happened.

 

I'd be curious to know why the question was asked in the first place AND why you didn't man up to the fact that you're intact. Living in Central Europe, I've been asked a few times "oh, you're American, I guess you're cut". I readily admit it and honestly, I'm perfectly fine with the fact that I'm cut. Being cut gets lots of attention here.

 

oh you're a big wimp dude.

 

Yeah, I wouldn't have participated in that. My penis is not any of my prof's or classmates' business.

 

Hope you are never put in that position again BUT if you are - be honest!
That's quite a cock you've got there my UC brother.

 

I think you should have owned up to it. It's not like you were being asked to whip it out and show it off. Hell, some of the girls might have asked you for a little game of "show and tell" out of curiosity. :tongue:

Seriously though, many Americans are convinced that every American they know is circumcised. It's interesting to see people shaken up if the subject comes up and they realize that someone isn't.

 

Most university ethics committees in North America and Western Europe consider that borderline unethical. If it got reported that your prof forced a public show of hands on a sensitive topic he could get censured in a big way.

 

It's not like he asked people to prove their status or held a catered affair so everyone could watch the procedure take place.

I'd suggest to him that in he future he offer the option of abstention by raising left hand for cut, right hand for uncut and no hand for no one else's business.

 

Isn't that an unacceptable question to ask your students, no matter what type of class it is?

 

An even better and infinitely more truthful method- so persons such as Brockli would not feel awkward, would be to have the men write an answer on a slip of paper. That way it's private, nobody has to know who is and who isn't circumcised.

 

Please explain why you don't think he should be reported for it? Personally I don't consider it ethical. The thing I see is that you (the students) are paying him to teach, not probe your minds and make a discovery on you.

If he wants to conduct research fine, but he can pay for it in a paid research study. How about the class be free? :biggrin:

 

I was uncut years ago, and now im cut, i love being cut, an uncut dick is gross to me.

I cant love more being cut.

 

University is a place where ideas and opinions are presented to students, and its up to the students to percieve those ideas and opinion in there own manner doing there own research..... The prof. didn't do anythingw rong talking about that topic, it's similar to tlaking about abortions, or in science class where the prof. says "Sorry if any of you are religious, but this is this courses view on the creation of life"......The only thing I can say regarding this topic is that you should have been a man and dsiplayed to the class that you were uncut. This would have #1 showed that your actaully proud of being uncut, and #2 all the girls would have said that is the most confident man I've met in my life.....Its not penis shape, penis size, its all about confidence (unless you have a micro penis)

 

I don't feel he crossed any sort of boundary. Knowledge of circumcision status has absolutely nothing to do with sex. In addition, there was the option to abstain by simply not raising your hand. If anyone asked if this meant you were uncircumcised, you could answer it was none of their business.

Sociology is a lot like anthropology (my college minor) in that it's very hard to get people to recognize that the way they think is a product of their culture and traditions. You can only do this by calling attention to them. This intrudes on a lot of taboo territory, because most people don't like to question why they do things the way they do. It's uncomfortable, but it helps us grow.

Also, you might not have been the only uncircumcised guy in your class. Has it occurred to you that upon seeing virtually everyone raise their hand, another uncut guy might have as well?

 

By pretending you were cut, you were the one participating in the teacher's experiment.

He would have known that in a class of say 100, the odds were that at least 10 would be uncut. If nobody announced themselves as uncut, it would have confirmed to him that uncircumcised males in the USA are ashamed of their status and try to hide it.

 

Your story becomes more and more suspect by the day.


A slip of paper would not be irrelevant, it would have saved you from your shame of being pure of body=uncircumcised.

A reputable professor would have handled it in a more discreet manner. I've been in classes where personal matters have been presented as a topic and when getting this kind of information it is done privately.

If your story is true, he may be using it for masturbatory fodder, if it's not true, then you may be using it as such.

No matter what the story may or may not be, I can not believe anything from you Brockli, since, you weren't even honest in the classroom. That tells me, you have no problem being a liar. Either you have lied and made up a tale, or you lied in the classroom- a liar either way.

 

I remember my Soc.prof. asking, "how many males wash their hands every time after urinating..Half the class was grossed out

 

I am cut and love being cut but love to see uncut cocks as well, we learn to appreciate what we have.

 

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